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Ne. 224,840. Patented Feb. 24; 1880 N-FETERS. FHOTU-LITHOGRAPHER.WASHINGTON, D. C.'

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

:CEARLES E. yMORGAN AND FRED H. DANIELs, oF woRcES'rER, MASS., SAIDDANIELS AssIeNoR To WASHBURN a MoEN MANUFACTURING coM- FANY, `oF SAMEPLAGE;

sPEcIFIcATIoNforming part f Letters Patent No. 224,846, dated February24,1880.

Application filed February 20, 1879. Y

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that we, GHAS. H. MORGAN and.FRED H. VDANIELS, both of the city and county of Worcester and`Commonwealth'of Massachusetts, have invented certain newand :usefulImprovements in Rolling-Mill Reels for Automatically Ujoiling Wire Rods;`and Wedo hereby declare that `the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, ref 1o erence being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, and

in which- Figure l represents a top or plan view of our said improvedautomatic reel, also showing the last set or iinishing-rolls of acontinuous or other rod-rolling mill for vthe purpose of more clearlyillustrating our said invention. Fig. 2 represents aside View of theparts shown in Fig. l, looking in the direction indi- Fig.. 3represents, upon an enlarged scale, a front view ol' a portion ofthemachine, whichwill be `hereinafter more fully described; and Figs. 4 and5 represent, uponthe same enlarged scale, sections of portions of themachine", takenon lines A B and() D, respectively, 'and which willalsobehereinafter more fully described. To enable those skilled in the artto which our invention belongs to make and use the 3o same,we willproceed to describe it more in detail.

` In the drawings, E represents the foundation or bed of the machine,upon which the supporting-frame F ofsaid machine is arranged 3 5 andsecured, and upon which are also arranged and secured housings G G' offinishing-rolls H H'.

The machineis constructed with two reels, I I', which are secured to theupper ends of `ao vertical shafts J J and said shafts J J' are itted toturn in bearings formed in the part K of framework l at their upper endsand in foundation E at their lower ends. Reels I Thewire rod isconducted from'jthe tinish- 5o ing-rolls H H' to the reels by means ofad` ,instable swivel guide-pipes M M', said pipes being secured to aplate, N, which is moved laterally, being provided with slots a, throughwhich screws b pass and enter housings G G'. 55 Said plate N can bemoved back and forth by means of an operating-lever, O. The lateralmotion of said plate N is governed by the length of slots et, which aremade just -suii cient in length to bring the openings in the 6oguide-pipes alternately in a direct line with Vthe groove c, throughwhich the finished rod dpasses.

The guide-pipes M M' are held in position after adjustment byoperating-lever O bearing upon one side or the other, as the case maybe, of the bent part e of a holding-rod, P, secured in the tops ofhousings G G'.

The forward ends M2 M3 of guide-pipes M M' are made to swivel by meansof ball-joints 7o Q Q'. (Shown in section, Fig. 4, 'ofthe drawings.) Thepurpose of this arrangement is to allow the pipes to drop down in theoutwardlyinclined grooves R, formed in the upright part F' ot' frame F,into the position represented by 7 5* 'ping the pipes, so that the rodspassing through the same will be caught and wound upon the reels, asbefore explained, said pipes are provided near their outer ends withweights Reetarms j' are curved at their upper ends, as represented at g,in the direction which the reels turn, for the purposeof insuring thehold- 9o ing of the end of the rod with greater certainty.

The operation of adjusting one of the guidepipes for the reception of awire rod to be coiled upon its reel may be briefly summed up thus: Theattendant first arranges the guidepipe of the reel upon which the rod isto be coiled `upon a line with the groove through which the rod is topass by means of lever 0, as before explained. He then takes hold ofacord or chain, T, attached to said pipe, and which passes through anopening, h, in frame F, and draws said pipe up, so that it will catchupon a projection, 7c, of a swinging' latch or dog, U, pivoted at thepoint m, said latch or dog being kept in the proper position by mea-nsof a pin, n, so that the end of the pipe will strike upon the curvedpart o of the same and slide up over onto projection lc, where it isheld in such position by means of a iiat spring,p, (secured at gto thetop of frame F,) bearing upon the side of said latch or dog', asrepresented in Figs, 3, and of the drawings.

The reeling` apparatus is now ready to receive the finished rod to becoiled, which', passing forward from between the last set, oriinishing-rolls H Hf of the rolling-mill, miters and passes through theadjustable swivel guidepipe M or M', as the case may be, and, striking`latch or dog U, forcesit back, thereby allowing the pipe to drop,together with the finished rod d, into the position represented in Figs.l and 2, when the rod d. is caught by the reel-arms and coiled thereon,as before explained.

vI t will be understood that plate N may have combined with it two ormore guide-pipes for conducting,` the rod to tWo or more reels, in

which case the lateral motion of plate N would be increasedproportionately and suitable devices employed for holding it in itsadjusted position.

The reelarms j'. being` inclined inward toward the center ot the reel,permit the coiled rod to be liited therefrom without inconvenience ordifficulty.

Having; described our improvements in rolling-mill reels forautomatically coiling wire rods, what We claim therein as new and of ourinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the finishing-rolls of a rolling-mill and reelsII', of frame F, provided with curved slots or grooves R, and adjustableswivel guidepipes M'M, substantially as and for t-he purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with adjustable swivel guide-pipes M M or either, oflifting, guiding', and holding,` devices T, F, U, 7c, and p,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination, with adjustable swivel guidepipes M M and adjustableplate N, of operating-lever 0 and holding-rod P, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

CEAS. H. MORGAN. FRED H. DANIELS.

Witnesses:

THos. H. DODGE, EDWIN E. MOORE.

